Characterization of epididymal epithelial cell-specific gene promoters by in vivo electroporation

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 613-619

  Kirby, Jennifer L ^a   Yang, Ling ^a   Labus, Jacquelyn C ^a   Lye, R John ^a   Hsia, Nelson ^b   Day, Richard ^a   Cornwall, Gail A ^b   Hinton, Barry T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Gene regulation; Male reproductive tract

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; CYSTATIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PEA3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRES GENE; EFFERENT DUCT LIGATION; ELECTROPORATION; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EVALUATION; GENE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GGT GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; REPORTER GENE; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTIS FUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTROPORATION; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 3242787303     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.025635     Document Type: Article

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